minutes or so ago. a man named sheikh man haron monis. entered a cafe, a chocolate cafe, people were fathering, getting drinks, holding 17 hostages for close to 15 hours and this scene playing out. leland: 3:00 in the morning there in sydney. you re looking at pictures around you can hear some of the explosions and gunfire as that siege ended. laura tunstall, australia yeahs channel 9, two people were killed. one of which was the hostage and one was the gunman himself. that is still very unconfirmed information. and there are also reports of an a number of injuries for an extensive gunfight that went on inside the cafe. the sheikh a known radical
but again just in relative terms it doesn t seem that there was even time for the u.s. to scramble that kind of assistance together. the u.s. consulate in sydney is located about a block away from the lindt chocolat cafe where this crisis erupted. it was evacuated like other buildings in the martin square district. it remained closed. we got a message from the u.s. con so you sue late in sydney, advising all citizens it would remain closed on tuesday in sydney. all personnel at the consulate we re told are accounted for. very dramatic situation. anguishing one not only for the australians but for its allies around the world. united states has partnered with australia in the campaign against isis and that may have been a contributing factor in this event, leland. jon: we know isis called for attacks in australia by their followers. we ll see if that plays out as
when police stormed into this building and we heard gunfire. they launched stun grenadesunaids out of the side of the building there. which had hostages released in a couple of ways. we saw some this afternoon managed to escape. we heard shortly before the gun fire, six hostages came out of the building then. then there was this gunfire and stun grenades that went off. we saw a number of victims rushed to hospitals. we don t have any words exactly how many of the hostages were injured but i can confirm two fatalities. one of those is believed to be the gunman. leland: i hear the emotion in your voice. we re looking at some pictures of hostages who escaped. you can see on their face the relief as they come out from this cafe. take me back to those moments where you were hearing the stun
and our big idaho potato truck is still missing. so my buddy here is going to help me find it. here we go. woo who, woah, woah, woah. it s out there somewhere spreading the word about america s favorite potatoes: heart healthy idaho potatoes and the american heart association s go red for women campaign. if you see it i hope you ll let us know. always look for the grown in idaho seal. heather: fox news alert to bring you right now on the hostage siege that just ended in sydney, australia. hostage teams storm ad cafe where a self-declared islamic sheikh were holding hostages. there are reports that two people died in that standoff. joining me by phone in sydney,
self-proclaimed sheikh man monnis is the alleged gunman inside of the cafe. we have not confirmed if he is alive or one of the casualties from the scene. you covered this. this is someone known to authorities. we know he was in court on friday. greg palkot reported on friday. was this guy known as radical or a somebody has a screw loose and writing nasty letters to soldiers that died in afghanistan and? was he professed violence against the state? what kind of feeling was there in the country? it is my understanding this is a radical who was definitely on the watched list by police. he is someone known to police. he does have a list of extensive charges. the list is long and it is extremely worrying.